Beale

For other uses, see Beale (disambiguation).

BealeLanguage(s)| Old French, Old English (Norman or Anglo-Saxon)

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Origin
Meaning| "handsome man"; "fair, beautiful"; "son of Bel"; "bee-hill"
Region of origin| England
Other names
Variant form(s)| Beal
Frequency Comparisons:[1]

Beale is an English surname. At the time of the British Census of 1881,[1] its relative frequency was highest in Dorset (6.3 times the British average), followed by Huntingdonshire, Hampshire, Sussex, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, Warwickshire, Kent and Surrey.

The name Beale may refer to:

## People

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* Anthony Beale (born 1967), American politician, alderman in Chicago
* Bernard Charles Beale (1830–1910), New Zealand doctor and politician
* Calvin Beale (1923–2008), American demographer
* Charles Lewis Beale (1824–1900), member of U.S. House of Representatives from New York
* Daniel Beale (1759–1842), Scottish merchant, brother of Thomas Beale
* Dorothea Beale (1831–1906), English teacher, founder of St. Hilda's College, Oxford
* Edith Bouvier Beale (1917–2002), American socialite, first cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Lee Radziwill
* Edward Fitzgerald Beale (1822–1893), American frontiersman and diplomat
* Fleur Beale (born 1945), New Zealand teenage fiction writer best known for her novel I am not Esther
* Francis Beale (writer) (fl. 1656), English author
* Francis Beale (MP) (born 1577), English politician
* Geoffrey Beale (1913–2009), British geneticist
* Gerard Beale (born 1990), New Zealand rugby league player
* Gregory Beale (born 1949), Reformed Christian theologian and seminary professor
* Helen Purdy Beale (1893–1976), US virologist
* Howard Beale (politician) (1898–1983), Australian politician and Ambassador to the United States
* Howard K. Beale (1899–1959), American historian and author
* Inga Beale (born 1963), CEO of Lloyd's of London
* Jack Beale (1917–2006), Australian politician
* Jake Beale, Canadian actor
* James Beale (1835–1883), also known as Africanus Horton, Sierra Leonean writer and folklorist
* James Thomas Beale (born 1947), American mathematician
* John Beale (disambiguation), multiple people
* Joseph Beale (disambiguation), multiple people
* Julian Beale (1934–2021), Australian politician
* Kurtley Beale (born 1989), Australian rugby union player
* Lionel Smith Beale (1828–1906), British medical doctor and professor at King's College London
* Margaret Beale (1886–1969), British marine artist
* Maria Taylor Beale (1849–1929), American author
* Martin Beale (1928–1985), British pioneer of mathematical programming
* Mary Beale (1633–1699), English portrait painter
* Michael Beale (disambiguation), multiple people
* Octavius Beale (1850–1930), Irish piano manufacturer and philanthropist
* Percival Beale, Chief Cashier of the Bank of England from 1949 to 1955
* Phelan Beale (1881–1956), American attorney and sportsman
* Phelan Beale Jr. (1920–1993), American journalist and law expert
* Philippa Beale (born 1946), British artist
* Richard Beale (1920–2017), British actor
* Richard L. T. Beale (1819–1893), American lawyer, Congressman from Virginia, and brigadier general in Confederate States Army
* Sara Sun Beale (born 1949), American law professor
* Simon Russell Beale (born 1961), British actor
* Sophia Beale (1837–1920), English artist
* Theodore Beale (born c.1968) American writer
* Thomas Beale (c. 1775 – 1841), Scottish naturalist and opium speculator, brother of Daniel Beale
* Thomas Chaye Beale (19th century), Scottish merchant, cousin of Daniel and Thomas Beale
* Thomas Willert Beale (1828–1894), English writer, also wrote under the pseudonym Walter Maynard
* William Beale (1784–1854), British composer

As given name

* Beale M. Schmucker (1827–1888), American Lutheran leader and liturgical scholar

## Characters

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* Bobby Beale, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
* Chloe Beale, a fictional character from the film Pitch Perfect
* Cindy Beale, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
* Elizabeth Beale, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
* Eric Beale, a fictional character from the TV series NCIS:LA
* Howard Beale, a fictional character from the film Network
* Ian Beale, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
* Jane Beale, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
* Kathy Beale, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
* Kenny Beale, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
* Laura Beale, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
* Livia Beale, a fictional character from the TV series Journeyman
* Lou Beale, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
* Louie Beale, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
* Lucy Beale, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
* Mel Owen, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
* Pete Beale, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
* Peter Beale, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
* Sharon Watts, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders
* Stacy Beale, a fictional character from the TV series Tulsa King
* Steven Beale, a fictional character in the British soap opera EastEnders

## See also

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* Beal (surname)
* Bealey, a surname
* Beall, a surname
* Beel (disambiguation)
* Bheel (disambiguation)
* Biehl, surname

## Notes

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1. ^ a b "beale Surname Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 23 January 2014

Surname list

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